Bill Finch

Three years after an apology to a crowd of churchgoers served as the launching pad for his improbable political comeback following seven years in prison on public corruption charges, Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim plans to formally enter the race for governor Wednesday.

Ganim, a Democrat, has many supporters in Bridgeport, where he unseated Bill Finch, the incumbent mayor, but his attractiveness as a statewide candidate is tarnished by the 2003 corruption conviction that landed him in federal prison.

“On a state level I think it’s baggage that he’s not going to be able to check at the door,” said Mary-Jane Foster, a Democrat and former vice president at the University of...

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